Institutional Investors Dump $BTC and $ETH Products While Increasing Bets on $XRP, $SOL, and More

Institutional investors have dumped cryptocurrency investment products offering them exposure to top digital assets like Bitcoin ($BTC) and Ethereum ($ETH) over the past week, but have notably kept raising bets on products offering exposure to altcoins like $XRP, Solana ($SOL), Litecoin ($LTC), and Polygon ($MATIC).

Timeline of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Xrp

Major cryptocurrencies traded in the green on Tuesday evening as the Federal Reserve began its two-day Federal Open Market Committee monetary policy meeting to decide whether to raise interest rates. Cryptocurrency Gains (+/-) Price (Recorded 9:30 p.m.

Bitcoin price could see a boost amid a widespread financial crisis that has already led to the collapse of several banking giants and put many others at risk, according to Raoul Pal, Real Vision CEO and a former hedge fund manager.

While US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen claims the situation is stabilizing – not everyone in the banking sector is as certain.  Typically considered a mundane sector of finance and investing, US banks have tanked as everyone became aware of problematic balance sheets.

The price of the sixth largest cryptocurrency in the market, XRP, has been on an uptrend since Monday, likely driven by Bitcoin's price action and the overall bullish market trend. As a result, XRP's market capitalization has also increased from $20 billion to a new yearly high of $25 billion, further solidifying its uptrend.

XRP has gained more than 28% over the past 24 hours thanks to a Notice of Supplemental Authority filed by Ripple. The letter highlighted a recent ruling related to crypto and securities, and is expected to strengthen Ripple's defense in the legal battle against the SEC.

Bitcoin price is trading at more than $28,000 per coin and is up nearly 78% year-to-date in 2023. This could only be a mere glimpse of what's to come, which could ultimately be the biggest rally in crypto in several years – even beating the performance of the 2020 bull run.

Exchanging hands at $27,524 per coin at press time, Bitcoin [BTC] ended last week's trading session with an impressive 35.8% increase in value, causing it to rally out of the deep bear market territory, Glassnode found in a new report.

Bitcoin (BTC) antagonist and former US president Donald Trump has recently been trending widely on social network channels, with many calling for his arrest.  #Arresttrump, a new trending hashtag The hashtag #arresttrump has been trending vastly on Twitter.

On Monday, the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Magic Eden announced the launch of Bitcoin Ordinal inscription support. Magic Eden said it has partnered with the wallets Hiro and Xverse to “bring a familiar wallet transaction experience to the marketplace.

On-chain data suggests Ethereum is in a better long-term growth position than Bitcoin and could thus see gains even after BTC's rally ends. Ethereum Exchange Reserve Hasn't Risen That Significantly Yet As an analyst in a CryptoQuant post pointed out, investors have been depositing Bitcoin into exchanges recently.